KDE Developers Fixing Initial Bugs From Plasma 6.2

[phoronix]

Phoronix: KDE Developers Fixing Initial Bugs From Plasma 6.2

Following this week's release of KDE Plasma 6.2, the KDE developers are busy addressing some of the initial fallout from this desktop update as well as more feature work aimed at Plasma 6.3...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.2-Fixing-Bugs

[pkese]

I occasionally test KDE, just to check if they had fixed the usability issues (which then turns out that they haven't, but I nevertheless give it a try).

What's the best way to boot a USB key with KDE 6.2 and test it?

Ubuntu 24.10 had been just released with the old KDE Plasma, so that doesn't help.

[anda_skoa]

What's the best way to boot a USB key with KDE 6.2 and test it?

Ubuntu 24.10 had been just released with the old KDE Plasma, so that doesn't help.

My KDE Neon systems got updated this week so I would assume their live image has it as well

[varikonniemi]

seems to be much more stable than 6.1 considering it took only days to arrive in manjaro testing, when 6.1 took weeks.

[pkese]

My KDE Neon systems got updated this week so I would assume their live image has it as well

Their downloadable ISO image is dated 2024-10-07, so one day before KDE Neon 6.2 was released.
There have been no changes after that.

[user1]

I occasionally test KDE, just to check if they had fixed the usability issues (which then turns out that they haven't, but I nevertheless give it a try).

What's the best way to boot a USB key with KDE 6.2 and test it?

Ubuntu 24.10 had been just released with the old KDE Plasma, so that doesn't help.

May I ask what are those usability issues?
I currently don't use KDE, but I also check it out from time to time, so that's why I'm curious.

[skeevy420]

I occasionally test KDE, just to check if they had fixed the usability issues (which then turns out that they haven't, but I nevertheless give it a try).

What's the best way to boot a USB key with KDE 6.2 and test it?

Ubuntu 24.10 had been just released with the old KDE Plasma, so that doesn't help.

Even though I'm not a fan of RPM-based distributions I'd probably go with Tumbleweed Live ISOs or Rawhide Live if I wasn't planning on installing the OS and just wanted to give the desktop a spin. Anecdotally, KDE software really appreciates an up-to-date software stack and build dependencies which can potentially mean you'll have a worse experience when using KDE's very own Neon based on Ubuntu LTS than you will with something more up-to-date and rolling.

[mrg666]

I occasionally test KDE, just to check if they had fixed the usability issues (which then turns out that they haven't, but I nevertheless give it a try).

What's the best way to boot a USB key with KDE 6.2 and test it?

Ubuntu 24.10 had been just released with the old KDE Plasma, so that doesn't help.

If you want to use/test latest software, you need to be using a rolling-release distribution such as Arch, OpenSuSE Tumbleweed, Gentoo, or Fedora. Ubuntu is a point release distribution. Plasma 6.2 could be added to Ubuntu 24.10 sometime in the future but you can't bet on it. Fedora is on 6.2 right now together with the latest Frameworks and Gear packages.

BTW, I don't have any significant usability issues with Plasma. There are some features I wish worked better (such as RDP) but those are not important issues for me. KDE development pace is fast and consistent, software quality is very good and getting even better every release.

[usta]

I occasionally test KDE, just to check if they had fixed the usability issues (which then turns out that they haven't, but I nevertheless give it a try).

What's the best way to boot a USB key with KDE 6.2 and test it?

Ubuntu 24.10 had been just released with the old KDE Plasma, so that doesn't help.

I know most of you dont like manjaro but if you wish to have a quick peek recent kde changes , any arch linux based distro is perfect for it.
from https://github.com/manjaro-plasma/download/releases here you can download daily generated iso images ( multipart zipped )
So you need to download .z01 and .zip then need to combine them then unzip them to reach iso

[pWe00Iri3e7Z9lHOX2Qx]

I know most of you dont like manjaro but if you wish to have a quick peek recent kde changes , any arch linux based distro is perfect for it.
from https://github.com/manjaro-plasma/download/releases here you can download daily generated iso images ( multipart zipped )
So you need to download .z01 and .zip then need to combine them then unzip them to reach iso

Manjaro is sometimes months behind new KDE releases for no good reason. As skeevy420 suggested, grabbing a Tumbleweed live CD image is a better option for this.

https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/ (under the Alternative Downloads)

Another big benefit of this option is that it will work on Secure Boot enabled systems. These media get rebuilt every snapshot, which is almost every day, but those snapshots have also gone through OpenQA testing and should be a better representation of stability than automated builds from a Manjaro development branch.